Crime

Fund crunch forced Kiss of Love's Rahul Pashupalan, Resmi Nair into flesh trade

Rahul Pashupalan and Resmi Nair were planning to make a film titled "Pling" on the controversial campaign "Kiss of Love".

Nov 19, 2015

Chinese President Xi Jinping, Norwegian PM condemn killing of hostages by IS

IS's English-language magazine Dabiq identified the hostages as Fan Jinghui from China and Ole Johan Grimsgaard-Ofstad from Norway.

Nov 19, 2015

Bosnia: Gunman commits suicide after killing 2, injuring 1 soldier in capital

The gunman opened fire with an automatic weapon at a betting shop near the army barracks.

Nov 19, 2015

50 killed as two female suicide bombers target market in Nigeria's Kano

On Tuesday, 34 people were killed in a similar blast in Yola, Nigerial.

Nov 18, 2015

Isis says Norwegian, Chinese captives have been executed

Isis magazine Dabiq showed what appeared to be pictures of the dead men under a banner reading "Executed".

Nov 18, 2015

Republicans join hands to block entry of Syrian refugees

Currently, the United States is home to 1,900 Syrian refugees.

Nov 18, 2015

Two suspects killed in French police raid in north Paris

Calm has returned around the apartment in Saint Denis, 800m from the Stade de France stadium, where authorities confirm two terror suspects including a woman have been killed. Three people have been arrested - the first ones since the attacks.

Nov 18, 2015

Paris attacks: Terrorists using encrypted apps prove elusive, says official

End-to-end encrypted apps are being used by terrorist outfits.

Nov 18, 2015

Saudi Arabia: 2 policemen shot dead in latest attack

Saudi Arabia has witnessed a spate of attacks on police units across the kingdom in recent months.

Nov 18, 2015

Bengaluru: School teacher arrested for 'sexually assaulting' 4-year-old girl on campus

The accused was employed at the school as physical education teacher.

Nov 18, 2015

'Kiss of Love' activists Rahul Pashulapan, model Resmi Nair arrested in connection with online sex racket

Resmi was recently in the news after her topless photos went viral on social media.

Nov 18, 2015

Philippines: Isis-affiliated Abu Sayyaf militants behead Malaysian hostage

The Islamist militants had released another Malaysian captive after receiving the ransom amount.

Nov 18, 2015

France: Two terrorists and a civilian die in 7-hour gun battle with police in Paris suburb

A woman suicide bomber blew herself up during the police operation and seven people were arrested.

Nov 18, 2015

Explosives threat: Germany-Holland soccer match cancelled; stadium evacuated

Police also evacuated Hanover's TUI multi-purpose arena where a concert was about to start.

Nov 18, 2015

Police release video showing house search in connection with attacks

Frances armed police released a video on Tuesday (17 November) of an overnight raid, during a nationwide overnight sweep on suspected Islamist militants following the Paris attacks. The video showed police staff in body armour entering a home on Monday (16 November) and searching electronics, DVD cases and documents.

Nov 17, 2015